1977 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh

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Indian general election in United Andhra Pradesh, 1977
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  1971 16–20 March 1977 1980  

42 seats
 First partySecond party
  Cow and Calf INC.svg NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg
Leader Jalagam Vengala Rao Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Party Indian National Congress (R) JP
Alliance Congress alliance Janata alliance
Leader's seatNone Nandyala
Last electionparty didn't existparty didn't exist
Seats won411
Seat changeIncrease2.svg41Increase2.svg1
Popular vote9,582,7085,400,643
Percentage57.36%32.33%
SwingIncrease2.svg57.36%Increase2.svg32.33%

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The 1977 Indian general election polls in United Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress (Indira) which won 41 out of 42 seats. [1]

Contents

United Andhra Pradesh

ConstituencyMemberParty
Adilabad G. Narsimha Reddy Indian National Congress (I)
Amalapuram (SC) Kusuma Krishna Murthy Indian National Congress (I)
Anakapalli S.R.A.S. Appalanaidu Indian National Congress (I)
Anantapur (SC) Darur Pullaiah Indian National Congress (I)
Araku (ST) V. Kishore Chandra Deo Indian National Congress
Bapatla P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Bhadrachalam (ST) B. Radhabai Ananda Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Bobbili Pusapati Vijayram Gajapati Raju Indian National Congress (I)
Chittoor P. Rajagopal Naidu Indian National Congress (I)
Cuddapah Kandala Obul Reddy Indian National Congress (I)
Eluru Kommareddi Suryanarayana Indian National Congress
Guntur Kotha Raghuramaiah Indian National Congress
Hindupur Pamudurthi Bayapa Reddy Indian National Congress (I)
Hyderabad K.S. Narayana Indian National Congress (I)
Kakinada M.S. Sanjeevi Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Karimnagar M. Satyanarayan Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Khammam Jalagam Kondala Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Kurnool Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indian National Congress
Machilipatnam Maganti Ankineedu Indian National Congress (I)
Mahbubnagar (ST) Dr. Mallikarjun Indian National Congress
Janumpally Rameshwar Rao Indian National Congress
Medak Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress (I)
Miryalguda G.S. Reddi Indian National Congress (I)
Nagarkurnool (SC) M. Bheeshma Dev Indian National Congress
V. Tulsi Ram Telugu Desam Party
Nalgonda Abdul Lateef Indian National Congress
Nandyal Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Janata Party
Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Indian National Congress (I)
Narasapur Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose Indian National Congress (I)
Narasaraopet K. Brahmananda Reddi Indian National Congress (I)
Nellore (SC) Doddavarapu Kamakshaiah Indian National Congress (I)
Nizamabad M. Ram Gopal Reddy Indian National Congress (I)
Ongole Puli Venkata Reddy Indian National Congress (I)
Peddapalli (SC) G. Venkatswamy Indian National Congress
Rajahmundry (ST) S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Rajampet Pothuraju Parthasarthy Indian National Congress (I)
Secunderabad M.M. Hashim Indian National Congress
Srikakulam Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao Indian National Congress (I)
Tenali Meduri Nageswara Rao Indian National Congress (I)
P. Shiv Shanker Indian National Congress
Tirupathi (SC) Thamburu Balakrishniah Indian National Congress
Vijayawada Godey Murahari Indian National Congress
Visakhapatnam Dronamraju Satyanarayana Indian National Congress
Warangal G. Mallikarjuna Rao Indian National Congress
S.B. Giri Indian National Congress

Voting and Results

Results by Alliance

INC(I)SEATSJNPSEATSOTHERSSEATS
INC(I) 41 BLD 1 CPI(M) 0
CPI 0
TOTAL (1977)41TOTAL (1977)1TOTAL (1977)0
TOTAL (1971)n/aTOTAL (1971)n/aTOTAL (1971)n/a

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References

  1. "Past Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.